Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah: The Complexities of Black Folk The Stone The New York Times 2015-04-16 George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Law and Philosophy New York University Kwame Anthony Appiah This is the 10th in a series of interviews with philosophers on race that I am conducting…
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White Parents, Becoming a Little Less White Motherlode: Living the Family Dynamic The New York Times 2015-04-15 Jack Cheng Amy Crosson Former Gov. Jeb Bush made news recently because he checked “Hispanic” on a voter registration form. This is obviously ridiculous from a scion of the Bush family (and Mr. Bush has said he made…
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First Listen: Alabama Shakes, ‘Sound & Color’ First Listen National Public Radio 2015-04-12 Ann Powers, NPR Music Critic The Alabama Shakes’ new album, Sound & Color, comes out April 21. Brantley Gutierrez/Courtesy of the artist In the six years I’ve lived in the region, I’ve developed a mantra: Southern freaks are the best freaks. For…
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The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah, and Japan’s Miss Universe Reveal Biracial Realities Will Wright: Cinéma, Style, Race and Politics Permeate Our Lives. That Fascinates Me. 2015-04-09 Will Wright Thanks in part to the changing of the guard at The Daily Show, biracial experiences and related politics have made headlines, and snuck into our minds. South…
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Sunday Stew: Unsolicited Advice For A Black Girl Too Light To Be Heavy But Too Heavy To Be White South Seattle Emerald 2015-04-12 Nikkita Oliver Painting by Tarra Louis-Charles In the Style of Jeanann Verlee Unsolicited Advice for a Black Mixed Girl Too Light to be Heavy, but too Heavy to be White: When the…
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Beauty queen brings light to Japan’s racial issues CBS News 2015-04-13 Walking through the Shibuya section of Tokyo, Ariana Miyamoto certainly turns heads — and she wants to use that attention to change attitudes. When Miyamoto was crowned Miss Universe Japan in March, selected by a panel of seven Japanese judges, her surprise on stage…